Thanks so much! I will definitely give this a try. Cheese is my achilles heel...

AHH that looks so good! I totally just bought your book on Kobo. Looking forward to reading it! :)

But have you tried kale smoothies?

Allergic to good mustard?! That's so tragic; dijon is the bomb :( I'm sorry.

That sounds enticing...do you have a recipe? :)

As a fellow survivor, and one who sent my abuser to prison (for a maddeningly brief amount of time, after which he got married, SMASH), I think the only closure in these situations is when our abuser finally dies. I'm looking forward to that day and hope that motherfucker has been eating a whole lot of bacon over the…

I completely do this! It's the worst.

Hi, are you me?

Some health care professionals are quite illiterate when it comes to eating disorders so you really have to be your own advocate. And some psychiatrists just prescribe drugs and don't do therapy, but EDs need more than just drugs. Definitely tell your doctor, but also try to find some resources through other…

I don't think I could date a smoker. They just smell too disgusting. And many of them have that gross hacking cough. And second- and third-hand smoke can make you sick. It's just not worth it.

It's definitely not selfish to take care of your own sanity. He needs to get healthy and stay that way for a while before you should even think of getting back together.

It kind of looks like a tick (although it's probably too big to be one). Did it try to burrow into your skin and suck your blood?

Yes, completely yes. I could have written this post, seriously. I don't know how to resolve this problem but at least I can tell you you're not alone!

Sounds like he's going to get himself fired soon anyway. It's not on you if he loses his job; it's 100% on him and his asshole behaviour. If the owner calls you don't necessarily have to give him an itemized list, but you shouldn't bullshit him either.

What about taking a break from online dating? You could try writing in a coffee shop or volunteering somewhere or taking some kind of class that you're interested in. I know it's a super cheesy cliché but often you really do find things when you stop looking for them. If you dive into your newly awesome life you…

Come to Canada! The winter is a pretty decent trade for universal health care :)

Ugh, the worst. Sorry you have to deal with that. My mother used to guilt trip me a fair bit about family visits etc. (although not olympic level like yours). One year I was so overwhelmed and stressed out at xmas I just said fuck it and left the country instead of visiting my family. It was a turning point I…

I think your friend's take on it is reasonable. This type of thing happens often if you run into people on public transit so people should be used to it. If you had stayed on the train instead of getting off at your stop she might have thought you were being a little intense. Just send her a 'hey nice to chat with…

I think "we should go for drinks sometime" is like "we should go for coffee sometime". They're not invites to go out for a specific beverage really, just standard-issue vague let's hang out sometime invites. So there's probably no need to tell people you don't drink alcohol/coffee upfront.

I stopped drinking for a couple of years because of medication I was taking. During that time I went to a bachelorette party and thought it would be weird to be in a pub and not drink alcohol, but it totally wasn't weird at all. I had a nice cup of tea and no one gave me a hard time about it.